25th IZA Summer School in Labor Economics
Faculty
- Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley)
- Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich and IZA)
- Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley and IZA)
- Andrew Oswald (University of Warwick and IZA)
- Amelie Schiprowski (University of Bonn and IZA)
- Florian Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Program
Monday, July 15
08:30 - 09:00
Registration
09:00 - 09:30
Welcome and Introduction
09:30 - 11:00
Lecture 1
Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley and IZA)
"Layoff Decisions & Managerial Stress"
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee
11:30 - 12:30
Lecture 2
Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley and IZA), Andrew Oswald (University of Warwick)
"Writing Tips"
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Lecture 3
Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich and IZA)
"Obfuscation in Competitive Experimental Markets"
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 17:30
Office Hours 1
Ernst Fehr (office 9.1.2): Martín Brun, Kate Musen, Elia Benveniste, Erick Baumgartner
Andrew Oswald (office 9.2.2): Taylor Watson, Sona Badalyan, Lisa Marie Timm
Ulrike Malmendier (office 9.1.3): Anna Hasselquist, Christian Kagerl, Sakshi Bardwarj, Justus Bamert
Florian Zimmermann (office 9.2.4): Yoav Goldstein, Sandra Perez Rodriguez, Erika Povea, Carmen Villa
Slots are 30 minutes each and office hours will take place in the order as listed here.
Tuesday, July 16
09:00 - 10:30
Lecture 4
Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich and IZA)
"Social Preferences and Redistributive Politics"
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Poster Session 1
Katja Gehr (University of Würzburg), Valérie von Gleichen (University of Würzburg)
"Polarization, Sorting and the Urban Wage Premium – Insights on German Local Labor Markets"
Sandra Pérez Rodríguez (Maastricht University), Didier Fouarge (ROA, Maastricht University and IZA), Annemarie Künn-Nelen (ROA, Maastricht University and IZA)
"Labor Market Information and Students' Occupational Choice: One-Format-Fits-All? Evidence from a Field Experiment"
Erika Povea (Norwegian School of Economics), Catalina Franco (Norwegian School of Economics)
"Innocuous Exam Features? The Impact of Answer Placement on High-Stakes Test Performance and College Admissions"
Ronak Jain (Harvard University)
"Entrepreneurs of Emotions: Evidence from Street Vending in India"
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Lecture 5
Andrew J. Oswald (University of Warwick and IZA)
"Wellbeing Analysis for Economists"
15:00 - 21:30
Social Event
- Departure by bus from IZA to Dernau in the Ahr-Valley
- Guided Tour along the Red Wine Trail through the Ahr-Valley vineyards
- Dinner at the monastery “Marienthal”
- Short presentation on the history of the monastery and its wine
- Walk through the vineyards to Ahrweiler
- Transfer from Ahrweiler back to Bonn
Wednesday, July 17
09:00 - 10:30
Lecture 6
Amelie Schiprowski (University of Bonn and IZA)
"Firms‘ Hiring Behavior"
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Lecture 7
Amelie Schiprowski (University of Bonn and IZA)
"Firms‘ Hiring Behavior"
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Poster Session 2
Irma Bejdic (University of Innsbruck)
"Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from Job Clubs in Bosnia and Herzegovina"
Martín Brun (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
"The Complexity of Being Fair"
Anna Hasselqvist (University of Munich)
"In the Shadow of Brothers: Educational Achievements of Migrant Girls"
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 17:30
Office Hours 2
Stefano DellaVigna (office 9.1.4): Irma Bejdic, Ronak Jain, Kelly Santos, Aiko Schmeißer
Amelie Schiprowski (office 9.1.2): Martin Wiegand, Thimo de Schouwer, Giuseppe di Giacomo, Katja Gehr
Slots are 30 minutes each and office hours will take place in the order as listed here.
Thursday, July 18
09:00 - 10:30
Lecture 8
Jonas Jessen (IZA and IAB), Simon Trenkle (IZA and IAB)
"Unemployment and Unemployment Insurance"
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Poster Session 3
Aiko Schmeißer (University of Potsdam), Johannes Matzat (University of Lucerne)
"Do Unions Shape Political Ideologies at Work?"
Carmen Villa (University of Warwick)
"The Effect of Youth Clubs on Education and Crime"
Erick Baumgartner (Bocconi University), Raphael Corbi (University of São Paulo), Renata Del Tedesco Narita (PUC-Rio)
"Payroll Tax, Employment and Labor Market Concentration"
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Lecture 9
Florian Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
"Belief Formation"
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee
15:30 - 17:30
Lecture 10
Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley)
"Behavioral Labor Economics"
18:30
Conference Dinner
Friday, July 19
09:00 - 10:30
Lecture 11
Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley)
"Behavioral Economics and Public Policy"
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee
11:00 - 12:30
Poster Session 4
Christian Kagerl (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg)
"The Employment and Windfall Effects of Short-Time Work: Evidence from Germany"
Kelly Santos (São Paulo School of Economics-FGV)
"Gender Gap Competition: Evidence from a High-Stakes Exam"
Martin Wiegand (affiliation not available)
"The Effects of Regional Unemployment Benefits: Evidence from Germany's Hartz IV Reform"
Giuseppe Di Giacomo (USI Università della Svizzera Italiana)
"Tourism and Human Capital: Evidence From Italy"
12:30 - 13:30
Farewell Lunch
List of Participants
Nikos Askitas (IZA)
Sona Badalyan (CERGE-EI)
Justus Bamert (ETH Zurich)
Erick Baumgartner (Bocconi University)
Irma Bejdic (University of Innsbruck)
Elia Benveniste (Pompeu Fabra University)
Martín Brun (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Thimo De Schouwer (KU Leuven)
Stefano DellaVigna (UC Berkeley)
Gökay Demir (IZA)
Giuseppe Di Giacomo (USI Università della Svizzera Italiana)
Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich)
Jan Feld (Victoria University of Wellington)
Katja Gehr (University of Würzburg)
Yoav Goldstein (Tel Aviv University)
Valentina Götz (IZA)
Anna Hasselqvist (University of Munich)
Marvin Jonas Immesberger (IZA)
Ronak Jain (Harvard University)
Jonas Jessen (IZA and IAB)
Christian Kagerl (Institute for Employment Research (IAB))
Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley)
Kate Musen (Columbia University)
Andrew J. Oswald (University of Warwick)
Sandra Pérez Rodríguez (Maastricht University)
Erika Povea (Norwegian School of Economics)
Ulf Rinne (IZA)
Kelly Santos (São Paulo School of Economics-FGV)
Amelie Schiprowski (University of Bonn)
Aiko Schmeißer (University of Potsdam)
Malin Siemers (University of Bonn)
Jason Sockin (IZA)
Lisa Marie Timm (University of Amsterdam)
Simon Trenkle (IZA and IAB)
Martina Uccioli (IZA)
Carmen Villa (University of Warwick)
Taylor Watson (Boston University)
Martin Wiegand (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Florian Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
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